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- Andrew Klavan - Limp Economy? Flaccid Philosophy? Diagnosis: Electile Dysfunction
- Obama - 'Let’s Spend $2 Billion to Create 5100 Jobs'
- 'A-Whale' (Super-Skimmer) Ready to Clean BP Oil Spill ... If Feds Will Just Let it
- Mineral Discovery in Afghanistan if Bush Was Still President
- 'Trick-or-Treating' a Day Early
- The Willful/Negligent Tactical Ignorance of The Left
- North Korea Turns to Private Markets to Avert Another Famine
- American Flag Painted Days After 9/11 Deemed Graffiti And Painted Over
- Federal Government Preventing People From Helping Clean up The BP Oil Spill
- Flash Not Supported on iPhone (Picture)
- BP Covering up Oiled Sand With Trucked in Sand Instead of Cleaning it up?
- 100 Greatest Movie Insults
- Electromagnetic Bazooka
- Anderson Cooper (CNN) - Federal Government is Trying to Block Media Coverage of How Bad The BP Oil spill
- Berman Post Turns Two Years Old
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| Andrew Klavan - Limp Economy? Flaccid Philosophy? Diagnosis: Electile Dysfunction Posted: 03 Jul 2010 03:47 PM PDT Video embedded below. 
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| Obama - 'Let’s Spend $2 Billion to Create 5100 Jobs' Posted: 03 Jul 2010 02:52 PM PDT If only the $2 billion was really for 5,100 jobs, then I might be just sad. It is actually only for 1,500 permanent jobs, the rest are just temporary; that may just have made me depressed. http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/03/obama-lets-spend-2-billion-to-create-5100-jobs "If this is an example of how Obama will sell the green-jobs economy, he'd better hope that the public schools get a lot worse than they already are at teaching math. Obama proposes spending $2 billion to create a total of 5,100 jobs. That will cost $392,156.87 per job. That kind of money, in the private sector at least, should fund several jobs. Heck, even a government bureaucrat costs less than that; even at the Department of Transportation, that would cover two and have enough left over for a secretary. But that's not the only folly in this proposal. Of the 5,100 jobs Obama promises, only 1,500 of them are permanent jobs. The others are construction jobs, which will only last as long as the money flows to the project. That means we will spend over $1.3 million per "permanent" job in building this "green economy," which looks more like a red-ink economy with even a cursory check of the numbers." 
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| 'A-Whale' (Super-Skimmer) Ready to Clean BP Oil Spill ... If Feds Will Just Let it Posted: 03 Jul 2010 02:07 PM PDT This ship could be the equivalent of a super weapon in the fight against the BP oil spill, it is almost beyond believability that we are making it this difficult for the ship start working its magic. Video embedded below. "The Taiwanese-flagged vessel appropriately dubbed "A Whale" is three and a half football fields long and 10-stories high. The world's largest skimming vessel is now anchored in the Mississippi River down in Boothville. "It ought to be out there sucking up oil," said Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser. While the ship may be ready to work, it still has some bureaucratic hurdles to jump and tests to pass before the Coast Guard allows it to join the fight in the Gulf." 
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| Mineral Discovery in Afghanistan if Bush Was Still President Posted: 03 Jul 2010 01:19 PM PDT A few weeks ago we learned that a trillion plus dollars worth of natural resources was discovered in Afghanistan. If Bush was still president we would have been in for an interesting show. The Anti-war crowd, who appear to have almost completely disappeared now that a Democrat is in the oval office, would have added this to the reasons the war was invalid; 'you see, Bush new about the this the whole time ... the real reason we went in was not to find Osama, since we all know it was Bush that took down the towers, he was going in to steal Afghanistan's natural resources'. The explanation of course is a self fulfilling one; 'Bush need to take these resources by force you see, because he needs the money to fun more illegal wars'. When asked why, that is when you get the circular logic; 'he needs to fight theses illegal wars to get more money to fight more illegal wars'. Wars that are apparently only bad when a Republican is president. Watching Liberals morph the massive resource find into further proof of Bush being some evil dictator type would not be the best part. The real comedy would come from getting really close to a liberal and hearing an audible pop as they blow their own mind. The rallying cry against the war would be 'no blood for lithium'. The problem is that oil is inherently bad. The most promising way to get off our oil addiction is with electric cars. Electric cars require lithium for the battery. That means that lithium is actually good; just maybe good enough to risk a little bit of blood .... POP!!! 
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| 'Trick-or-Treating' a Day Early Posted: 03 Jul 2010 12:27 PM PDT |
| The Willful/Negligent Tactical Ignorance of The Left Posted: 03 Jul 2010 11:36 AM PDT There is one thing that has really suck with me in the aftermath of the Gaza 'aid' flotilla incident. Forget that the left seems uninterested that these 'peace activists' were armed, attacked the Israelis, or had prepared and hoped for some form of martyrdom and conflict. What really stuck with me is best summed up in the now retired Helen Thomas and echoed on her side of the ideological sphere; 'Deliberate Massacre'. I understand the left has a visceral objection to guns and weapons of any sort, but that is not an excuse to be so woefully ignorant in tactics that it appears to be either intentional or negligent; way beyond mere stupidity. I am not even talking about something as basic as being able to distinguish the Kalashnikov (AK47) and M16, nor something as basic as telling a bolt action rifle apart from a sub machine gun (though a respectable journalist should). I am talking about being able to tell the difference between a hand gun and a rocket launcher. I am not talking about knowing the age old concepts of a pincer or flanking maneuver. I am talking about understanding conceptually if only from the vocabulary used what a wedge and encompassing maneuver are. There are really concepts children easily grasp, though those on the left appear to have a gaping hole where the logical truth should be. Lets pretend the goal really was to massacre the people on the ships. For this we must ignore the five other ships in that flotilla where there was no violence, so we must assume that the massacre was only intended on that last ship. First question, how many people should have died? Answer, certainly more than a dozen. You have a significantly superior side in terms of firepower, training, and resources, and the 'massacre target' confined to a small space with no avenue of retreat. It is almost the human equivalent of fish in a barrel. Second question, how would you go about massacring people? Before giving an answer it is important to note that the goal here would be to kill as many people as possible while risking as few of your troops/assets. It does not take genius to figure out the most effective method would be to bomb the ship. Bombing not your style, how about a torpedo. Do not want the big fireball, how about some large caliber rounds. Want to save the large caliber rounds, you could have a strafing run or small(er) caliber rifle/machine gun fire from the deck of a near by ship or hovering helicopters. Note that all of these have put either no troops at risk or fairly minimal risk, especially compared to landing forces on the ship. I can hear the objections; 'the Israelis wanted to make it look good, they could not blow up the ship because then people would know they intended to massacre everyone'. Lets assume for a moment that this is true. Israel wanted to massacre the people on board but make it look like they never intended to. What would be a more effective massacre weapon, a 9mm pistol or a machine gun? The Israelis rappelled down holding paintball guns. The logical leaps and bounds liberals have to make to get to this 'massacre notion' is beyond any reasonable stretch of the imagination. Basically; Israel indented to massacre everyone, forgot about the plan on five of the six ships, chose the least effective means possible, chose the most risky means possible, and then failed miserably. Now compare that to what conservatives understand; Israel was enforcing a blockade to prevent rockets from being smuggled into Gaza, on one of the six ships they were surprised by significant hostile force, and had to resort to their side arms after being beaten, stabbed, and watching comrades thrown overboard as 'peace activists' were trying to bring down the helicopters. Those are mutually exclusive options. You know where I stand. I just can not understand how any sensible person could honestly believe the alternative. Past related posts: Berman Post: Bloody Clash Off Coast of Gaza When Activists Tried to Break The Blockade Berman Post: Turkey May Send Navy Ships to Accompany Next 'Gaza Aid' Ship Berman Post: Gaza Supply Ship 'Peace Activists' Actually Al-Qaeda And Muslim Brotherhood Members Berman Post: More Video of 'Peace Activists' Violently Trying to Break The Israeli Blockade Berman Post: Netanyahu - "The Jewish State Has a Right to Defend Itself" (Plus More Video) Berman Post: Flotilla Choir Presents - "We Con The World" Berman Post: Israel Tries to Deliver 'Flotilla' Aid to Gaza, Hamas Refuses Berman Post: Second 'Relief Flotilla' Blocked And Boarded Without Major Incident Berman Post: Media Outlets Editing Photos to Remove Gaza Flotilla 'Peace Activists' Weapons Berman Post: Obama - 'Israel Should Only Blockade Arms Shipments Boats to Gaza' Berman Post: 'Reverse Aid Flotillas' Planned From Israel to the Kurds in Turkey Berman Post: Obama to Support The UN Investigation of Israel? Berman Post: Women to be 'Used' in Next 'Aid Flotilla' Berman Post: Iran Cancels Plan to Force Through Blockade of Gaza 
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| North Korea Turns to Private Markets to Avert Another Famine Posted: 03 Jul 2010 11:08 AM PDT Can we all just agree now that Socialism/Communism does not work; never has, and uncounted millions have needlessly died in failed attempts to implement it. http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/north-korea-turns-to-private-markets-in-effort-to-avert-second-famine (via) "The collapse of the North Korean economy continues apace:
Ironically, though, it may well be the private markets that came into being in the wake of the mid-90s famine that end up saving the North Korean people from another disaster "
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| American Flag Painted Days After 9/11 Deemed Graffiti And Painted Over Posted: 03 Jul 2010 09:50 AM PDT As bad as a move this was it was even more poorly timed; just a few days before the Fourth of July. The original painters hope to be allowed to repaint the American flag mural in time for the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack. http://www.ktvu.com/news/24117983/detail.html "Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Friday that he was unhappy that the California Department of Transportation has painted over a mural of an American flag on a concrete slab near the Sunol Grade section of Interstate Highway 680 in unincorporated Alameda County near Sunol. In a prepared statement, Schwarzenegger called the flag patriotic and meaningful. He said that to remove the flag, "only a few days before we celebrate our independence and reflect on the freedoms we are lucky enough to enjoy in America is unconscionable. I extend my apologies to the artists whose mural inspired drivers along 680 for over eight and a half years." ... Until Wednesday, motorists saw a 35 foot mural of the American flag painted on a concrete retaining wall. On Thursday, it was just gray concrete painted over by Caltrans. "It was put on the list for graffiti removal and yesterday morning they painted over it with grey concrete paint," said Allyn Amsk of Caltrans." 
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| Federal Government Preventing People From Helping Clean up The BP Oil Spill Posted: 03 Jul 2010 09:02 AM PDT At some point I fully expect the local government to openly defy the feds; more than just doing the work quietly after being told not to, but bringing a camera crew along and daring the government to physically stop them try to save their home. http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/02/volunteers-beached-in-gulf-by-feds "The effort to clean up the Gulf has been plagued by a multitude of leadership failures over the 73 days of the crisis, but this week it seemed as though a glimmer of hope had arrived. The Obama administration claimed that it would start accepting help from foreign countries, and BP pledged to get more boats to the Gulf to remove crude oil as fast as possible. The AP reports that those efforts may be a sham — a make-work effort intended to drive numbers but keep boats beached:
Waiting around? Isn't there plenty of work to be done? One might think so, but boat captains are complaining that the situation has no leadership. BP has told them to remain at the dock while paying them a substantial flat-rate fee "
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| Flash Not Supported on iPhone (Picture) Posted: 03 Jul 2010 08:17 AM PDT |
| BP Covering up Oiled Sand With Trucked in Sand Instead of Cleaning it up? Posted: 03 Jul 2010 07:23 AM PDT Video embedded below. "The video below, filmed by Judson Parker of Save Our Shores Florida, purportedly shows oil sandwiched between two layers of different types of sand. According to Parker, local deputies confirmed that BP dumped sand onto the Grand Isle, Louisiana beach and attempted to smooth it over. But Wayne Keller, the Executive Director of the Grand Isle Port Commission, doesn't know anything about it. "I'm not aware of that being done anywhere on Grand Isle," he tells FastCompany.com. I know we're trucking in sand to build berms to keep oil out of the estuary, but that's it."" 
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| Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:41 AM PDT Being able to generate a Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) in a handhold devise that does not require a substantial explosion could be a very effective non lethal weapon. We are not there yet, but research has put us on a promising path. http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/guest/25280 "The device borrows a technique invented in 2004 for audio signal processing by French physicist Mathias Fink, known as Time Reversal Signal Processing. The technique uses a Time Reversal Mirror to receive a short pulse of electromagnetic energy at an antenna and then shoot back toward the initial transmitter the same signal, but with its wave-form reversed in time. The technique is enabled by the use of an Arbitrary Waveform Generator, which can generate any waveform you like, including a backwards version of the waveform an antenna just received. It's a bit like responding to a given signal by playing the same signal backward, although it happens in milliseconds. ... Using this setup, the researchers discovered a linear relationship between the number of antennas (from one to eight) used in their time reversal mirror and the resulting amplitude of the microwave pulse they generated. Further amplification of the signal before retransmission by the mirror, using a technique called "one-bit time reversal," allowed the team to achieve 46 dB of amplification. Because decibels are represented on a logarithmic scale, that corresponds to amplification of the original signal by a factor of more than 10,000. It's clear that this work is early-stage because the paper did not make explicit the power requirements of the device or the destructive capacity of the resulting amplified electromagnetic signal, if any. However, as our infrastructure and our military becomes ever more dependent on microchips and electronics in general, any developments in the ease with which an EMP can be developed should be of considerable interest to military and security professionals, or even, if this device is as straightforward as it appears to be, enterprising attendees of next year's Maker Faire." 
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| Posted: 03 Jul 2010 04:55 AM PDT |
| Berman Post Turns Two Years Old Posted: 03 Jul 2010 04:03 AM PDT Exactly two years ago (to the minute), the first Berman Post article went live. Since that first post I have have published at least one article a day, averaging just under 5 posts per day. Last year, I celebrated the one year anniversary by publishing an unusually high number of posts. This year I intend to do the same. Be sure to check back frequently or subscribe. 
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